remove the battery and press the test light button. you will probably findthat only the first, third, and fifth led lights up, indicating that thebattery is defective. batteries do not last forever and having had a fewyears use out of it sounds like it had a good run. also, regarding theerror code indicated by the battery light on the laptop itself (not thebattery itself) this is what the dell documentation says:"If the battery status light flashes orange or is a steady orange, thebattery charge is low or depleted. Connect the computer to an electricaloutlet.If the battery status light flashes green and orange, the battery istoo hot to charge. Turn off the computer, disconnect the computer from theelectrical outlet, and then let the battery and computer cool to roomtemperature.If the battery status light rapidly flashes orange, the batterymay be defective. See "Contacting Dell" in the Dell Solutions Guide."

"Jim Haselmaier" <jim@acceleratedinsight.com> wrote in messagenews:415afa4f$0$211$75868355@news.frii.net...> If this is in the documentation I haven't found it..............>> The battery light on my Inspiron 4100 (I'm talkin' the charge light on the> system itself - not the LEDs on the actual battery) is flashing with the> following sequence:> Orange (short)> Orange (short)> Orange (short)> Green (Long)>> Although the system will run on the battery, it doesn't have much life in> it - it's a few years old. XP reports the battery as "97% and charging".>> What does this mean?>> Is that sequence code for "YOUR BATTERY IS HOSED!"? :-)>> Thanks.>> Jim>>